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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cincinnatus do when he undresses at the end of his second day in prison?
(a) He throws his clothes out the window.
(b) He puts his clothes in the bed to form a second version of him.
(c) He continues undressing and takes apart his entire body.
(d) He redresses and undresses in several different outfits, changing personality.

2. What does Diomedon's right leg resemble?
(a) A fishing pole.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A tree.
(d) A bottle.

3. How does Cincinnatus feel about his wife?
(a) He likes her.
(b) He loves her.
(c) He hates her.
(d) He doesn't care about her.

4. Who finds what the lawyer was looking for at the beginning of his meeting with Cincinnatus?
(a) The prison guard.
(b) Cincinnatus.
(c) The prison director.
(d) The lawyer.

5. What is the first thing Cincinnatus says to Emmie after she slips into his room?
(a) Who are you?
(b) Hello, little girl.
(c) He is gone.
(d) You are safe.

6. What animal arrives with Marthe and her family?
(a) An iguana.
(b) A bulldog.
(c) A black cat.
(d) An albino rat.

7. What additional news does Cincinnatus get at the same time?
(a) He will be allowed to meet with his wife.
(b) He will be allowed to choose the time of his execution.
(c) He will be moved to a roomier cell.
(d) He will be given an extra daily dessert.

8. What does Pierre say when Cincinnatus asks if he is telling the truth?
(a) That he's insulted by the question.
(b) That he often lies, but not about this.
(c) That he never lies.
(d) That he can neither confirm nor deny it.

9. Who does Emmie tease during Marthe's visit?
(a) Marthe.
(b) The grandfather.
(c) Pauline.
(d) Diomedon.

10. Which way does Rodion sharpen a pencil?
(a) Toward himself with a knife.
(b) Alternately away from himself and toward himself with a knife.
(c) Away from himself with a knife.
(d) With his teeth.

11. Where on the table does Rodion set the vase of flowers?
(a) Exactly in the center.
(b) Not quite at the edge.
(c) Not quite in the center.
(d) Right on the edge.

12. How does Marthe leave her first visit with Cincinnatus?
(a) She walks out laughing.
(b) She waves goodbye and seems to vanish.
(c) She runs out crying.
(d) She is carried out on a couch.

13. What is the director doing when Rodion brings Cincinnatus back to his cell from the new prisoner's cell?
(a) Whistling and dancing around the hallway.
(b) Painting the new prisoner's door with red paint.
(c) Bringing the new prisoner a five-course meal.
(d) Looking through the peephole in the new prisoner's door.

14. Where does Cincinnatus write that he will evolve a third eye?
(a) On his hand.
(b) On his forehead.
(c) On the back of his skull.
(d) On the back of his neck.

15. What happens when Marthe's grandfather goes to light Marthe's father's cigarette?
(a) He can't make the lighter alight.
(b) He drops the lighter.
(c) The lighter goes out.
(d) Marthe's father lights the cigarette first.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the prison located?

2. What method of death does Cincinnatus write that he would prefer to beheading by axe?

3. After Cincinnatus gets the news about the new prisoner, what does his cot seem to change into?

4. What does Cincinnatus write is more real than the everyday world?

5. What time does the cell light go out?

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